guest is richard norton smith.re looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during the month of july. you can listen to the recordings anytime online at c-span.org. the next call is from california on the independent line. have a question -- when president johnson was in the white house, i think he was talking to senator dirksen. president johnson knew nixon's thele were messing with promising to get out of the war. if johnson would have brought up, the think it would be possible nixon would never have been president? host: appreciate the call. this is from another viewer about a secret plan. guest: the idea of the secret plan was called vietnamization. i think he was surprised and disappointed the north vietnamese were as intractable in response to his efforts to gradually extract the united states from the war as they were to any offers from lbj. the other question the caller raises, i think what he is referring to is at the end of the 1968 ca

host: our guest is richard norton smith. looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during the month of july. you can listen to the recordings anytime online at c-span.org. the next call is from california on the independent line. caller: i have a question regarding -- when president johnson was in the white house, i think he was talking to senator dirksen. president johnson knew nixon's people were messing with the vietnam war promising to get out of the war. if johnson would have brought that up, the think it would be possible nixon would never have been president? host: appreciate the call. this is from another viewer about a secret plan. guest: the idea of the secret plan was called vietnamization. i think he was surprised and disappointed the north vietnamese were as intractable in response to his efforts to gradually extract the united states from the war as they were to any offers from lbj. the other question the caller raises, i think what he is r

of phone calls president nexen made in the summer of 1972 and discussed them with historian richard norton smith. ♪ good morning, the debate over changing the senate filibuster, known as the nuclear option will continue this weekend with senator harry reid and senator mitch mcconnell here tomorrow on nbc's "meet the press." on monday night, behind closed doors, the full senate will meet in the old senate chamber to discuss and debate the issue. "the new york times" called the exchange, -- and another new headline this mornin

presidential historian richard norton smith and the first lady's influence and image. >> max baucus and dave camp and the ways and means committee took their efforts to reform the tax code on the road today. i spoke with community leaders to update the tax code. this runs about 45 minutes. >> for those of you who are still eating, please do it quietly. we would appreciate some quiet eating. thank you so much. we are very honored today to have the chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the house ways and means committee here today at the economic forum in washington. for those who might be watching on c-span or others who may not be familiar, senator max baucus is the senior senator from montana. he is has been a senator for about 35 years, the third most senior senator in the senate now. he is in his sixth term and he served previously two terms in the house of representatives and he is a native of montana, educated at stanford and has a law degree at stanford and went back to montana after he got his law degree. he announced not long ago that he will not run for a

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richard norton smith moderates a discussion of the ladies e of first throughout history. n c-span 3 tomorrow morning, regulators testify about the threat of financial market collapse. mary jo white of the sec will questions from senators on the banking committee. love coverage at 10 eastern. investigating y, ways to manage the nation's nuclear waste. energy secretary will testify. watch live coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern. secretary of state john kerry former u.s. ambassador to special envoyu.s. to palestinian negotiations in washington, d.c. state department today and was about ten minutes. >> hey, good morning, everybody. well, as you all know, it's trips ore hours and many to make possible the resumption f israeli-palestinian negotiations. en routeiators are now to washington as we speak here. will have more to say about the journey to this moment and after our opes are meetings conclude tomorrow. presidentt began with obama's historic trip to israel this year.h earlier without his commitment and in uncements and engagement this initiative, we would not be here today. m

. >> consumer conversation on first ladies, historian and need a black and richard norton smith and others talk about the role of first lady and its move from traditional home and family to activism on the half of important issues and the transitioning from public back to private life. >> objects, new health care law and how it is being implemented and what it is decide content designed to do. the first of the program of the series of discussions focusing on health care. from "washington journal", this is a little bit less than 2.5 hours. >> we are focusing on the federal health care law and we kick it off today with a series and we are joined by three senior correspondents who helped to guide us through the law. first up we have mary agnes carey. we have jay hancock, thank you as well. both have been at the table before. we are also joined by sarah varney. thank you for being here you can call us at (202)585-3881. what with the original goals of the law? to have more people covered in to make the health insurance covered more than it currently does. >> we are talking about co-pays, deduct

then presidential historian richard norton smith discusses that taped phone calls made by president richard nixon in the summer of 1972. it looks like the impact of those recordings as well as the political climate of the time. all that and your calls on washington channel live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, president of laws proposed energy initiative in africa that aims to expand the sub-saharan region access to a lecture power. the president announced the plan is trip to africa last month. this discussion as to by the center for strategic and international studies a little less than two hours. .. >> we look at the role of the private sector in the u.s. development can harness the energy of the private sector and maximize development impact. we are very grateful for this chevron corporation for their and sport content support. i would also like to thank christina perkins has done a great job of bringing us all together today. president obama traveled to africa from june 25 until june 3 in south africa. this is his first trip to the region in his first visit to ghana in 2009. ver

. >> as we continue our conversation on first ladies, richard norton smith and others talk about theole of the first lady. monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span coming up next, a discussion on medicare and medicaid and republican representative michael burgess of texas. >> i want to thank you for coming here. we are live streaming as well. at this time we have a live panel and we are talking about what is happening on the ground. i would like to thank cbs and caremark i'm here to say a few words cvs. she is the chief marketing officer. >> thank you. and good morning. welcome, everyone. we are so thrilled to see caremark sponsoring this event and to have such an esteemed group of participants on the panel. the affordable care act has been described as one of the most complex implementations in the history of the u.s. health care system. and i believe that that is why october 1 is starting to feel like tomorrow to many of us in this room. i recently heard someone say that this program is somewhat like building a bridge from two different sides and hoping that it meets in the midd

presidential historian richard norton smith. our original series, first ladies: influence and image, examines the public and private lives of these women. watch the encore presentation of first ladies from martha washington to ida mckinley starting august 5th on c-span. >> in reaction to the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, senators have proposed a bill to improve embassy security. the head of the diplomatic security at the state department testified about the bill at a hearing of the senate foreign relations committee. this is an hour and 25 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. today our real focus is insuring the security of our missions abroad and the safety of our foreign service personnel. that has always been and will remain a priority of this committee. having said that, i hope to have the support of my republican colleagues for the embassy security act i've introduced named

presidential historian, richard norton smith. our original series efficients ladies, examined the public and private lives of these women and their influence on the presidency. watch the encore presentation of first ladies from martha washington to ida mckinley, starting august 5th on c-span. >> republican senator rand paul today joined democrat gillibrand's effort to change how the way sexual assaults in the military are handled. senators ted cruz, bosh bra boxer and chuck grassley also participated in the news conference. >> good morning. others will be joining us. they had different time commitments so we'll let everyone speak when they arrive. i want to thank all of the senators who have fought on this issue so hard. i want to thank senator boxer for her tremendous work on the issue and for bag tireless partner and leader in this effort. on behalf of the brave member office the service, and i want to thank senator collins for standing firmly with us since we introduced the well, as well as senator grassley for bag true champi

richard norton smith looks at our original series that examines the private and public life of thesen. watch the encore presentation weeknights in august at 9:30 p.m. eastern starting at 9:30 p.m. on c-span. reporter: ben bernanke testified on capitol hill this week and appeared today before it is house financial services committee. he testified on the federal reserve policy. this is his last appearance before his term ends next year. we join us to our and 45 minute hearing during his opening remarks. reporter: >> i'm pleased to present the semiannual monetary policy report to the congress i will discuss current outlook and i will finish with a short summary of the ongoing work on regulatory reform. the economic recovery is continuing at a moderate pace despite the strong head winds created by fiscal policy. housing has contributed contributed significantly. honesdale, house prices, and residential constructions have moved up over the past few years. this includes improved outlooks and confidence in the housing markets and the economy. construction and home sales are at or above what

presidential historian richard norton smith. our original series "first ladies: influence and image" examine the private lives of these ladies. weeknights >> senate republicans and democrats have reached agreement on dealing with executive branch nominations that avoids, for now, changing the rules for senate filibusters. this is a half hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. i think weady know, have reached an understanding about how to go forward. just to give you a little history of my recommendations on this issue, i recommended back in january that the president .end up 2 nominees for the nlrb obviously, the nominees who were currently on the nlrb work on constitutionally appointed, according to a majority decision of the district court of the district of columbia. i renewed the conversation with the vice president, and suggested that the way out of the dilemma that seemed to be heading our way was to send up to new nominations. administratione is going to send up 2 nominees. senator alexander has been in discussions about how t